Domestication influences morphological and physiological responses to salinity in Brassica oleracea seedlings.

ABSTRACT: Brassica oleracea cultivars include important vegetable and forage crops grown worldwide, whereas the wild counterpart occurs naturally on European sea cliffs. Domestication and selection processes have led to phenotypic and genetic divergence between domesticated plants and their wild ancestors that inhabit coastal areas and are exposed to saline conditions. Salinity is one of the most limiting factors for crop production. However, little is known about how salinity affects plants in relation to domestication of B. oleracea. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of domestication status (wild, landrace or cultivar) on the response of different B. oleracea crops to salinity, as measured by seed germination, plant growth, water content and mineral co

SUBMITTER: Lema M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6757351 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature